Selected Publications
![Continental map outlining areas where animals and plants are found.](/content/dam/spatial-eco/images/Deep-Waters-Are-Warming.jpg)
Deep waters are warming less consistently than surface waters and thermal stability.
Pilla, R; …(+ 30 authors) Melles, S.J. et al. (+ 26 authors)
Published in Scientific Reports on November 25, 2020
Scientific Reports. 10(1): 1-15
DOI: 10.1038/S41598-020-76873-X
![Best fitting SEMs highlighting the direct and indirect effects of latitude proxy for](/content/dam/spatial-eco/images/Climate-landscape-conditions.jpg)
Climate and landscape conditions indirectly affect fish mercury levels by altering lake water chemistry and fish size.
Thomas, S, Melles, S.J., Mackereth, R., Tunney, T.D., Chu, C., Oswald, C.J., Bavsar, S.
Published in Environmental Research on September 01, 2020
Environmental Research. 188, Sept 109750
DOI: 10.1016/J.ENVRES.2020.109750
![Map fo the Great Lakes indicating levels of Hydrologic Accessible Index.](/content/dam/spatial-eco/images/Extinction-Filters.jpg)
Extinction filters mediate the global effects of fragmentation
Betts M.G., Wolf C., Pfeifer M., … Melles S., …Ewers, R.M.
Published in Science on December 06, 2019
Science, 366(6470), 1236-1239.
DOI: 10.1126/SCIENCE.AAX9387
![Map of publication output in five leading applied ecology and conservation biology](/content/dam/spatial-eco/images/Diversity-of-Practitioners.jpg)
Diversity of practitioners publishing in five leading international journals of applied ecology and conservation biology, 1987 – 2015 relative to global biodiversity hotspots
Melles, S. J., Scarpone, C., Julien, A., Robertson, J., Bello Levieva, J., Carrier, C., France, R., Gvuenc, S., Lam, W.L., Lucas, M., Maglang, A., McKee, K., Okoye, F., Wong, K.
Published in Ecoscience on August 14, 2019
Écoscience, 26(4), 323-340.
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2019.1645565
![Kernel density estimation models of two sampling techniques in Ontario; a) broad-scale monitoring sample lakes and b) Lake partner program sample lakes, whereby the darker zones represents increased probability of lake sampling.](/content/dam/spatial-eco/images/Melles-Research-Sampling-techniques-in-Ontario-a-Broad-scale_colour.jpg)
The ‘cottage effect’ in citizen science? Spatial bias in aquatic monitoring programs
Millar, E. E., Hazell, E. C., & Melles, S. J.
Published in International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 2019
International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 33(8), 1612-1632.
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2018.1423686
![Map of Toronto neighbourhoods showing the equivalent in cigarettes smoked per person per year.](/content/dam/spatial-eco/images/Influence-environmental.jpg)
The influence of environmental and health indicators on premature mortality: An empirical analysis of the City of Toronto's 140 neighborhoods
Awuor, L., & Melles, S.J.
Published in Health & Place on July 01, 2019
Health & Place, 58, 102155.
DOI: 10.1016/J.HEALTHPLACE.2019.102155
![Map of study lakes for the northeastern North America NENA study the 1975 cohort](/content/dam/spatial-eco/images/transparency-geomorphology-.jpg)
Transparency, geomorphology and mixing regime explain variability in trends in lake temperature and stratification across Northeastern North America
Richardson, D., Melles, S., Pilla, R., Hetherington, A., Knoll, L., Williamson, C., ... & Rudstam, L.
Published in Water, 2017
(1975–2014). Water, 9(6), 442.
DOI: 10.3390/W9060442
![Map fo the Great Lakes indicating levels of Hydrologic Accessible Index.](/content/dam/spatial-eco/images/Potential-Spread-Great-lakes-fishes.jpg)
Potential spread of Great Lakes fishes given climate change and proposed dams: an approach using circuit theory to evaluate invasion risk
Melles, S. J., Chu, C., Alofs, K. M., & Jackson, D. A.
Published in Landscape Ecology, 2015
Landscape Ecology, 30(5), 919- 935.
DOI: 10.1007/S10980-014-0114-Z
![(a) Frissell et al.’s (1986) hierarchy showing all stream segments, reaches, riffles/pools and microhabitats nested within the entire sub-catchment. (b) Example of directionally nested and overlapping catchments typically used in hydrological analysis](/content/dam/spatial-eco/images/Stream-System.jpg)
Review of theoretical developments in stream ecology and their influence on stream classification and conservation planning
Melles, S. J., Jones, N. E., & Schmidt, B.
Published in Freshwater Biology, 2012
Freshwater Biology, 57(3), 415-434.
DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2427.2011.02716.X
![Variance decomposition based on partial redundancy analyses of the bird community in Greater Vancouver, BC.](/content/dam/spatial-eco/images/Urban-Bird-Diversity.jpg)
Urban bird diversity as an indicator of human social diversity and economic inequality in Vancouver, British Columbia
Melles, S. J.
Published in Urban Habitats in December 2005
Urban Habitats, 3(1), 25-48.